Fiction Full of Faith

Review & Giveaway of Heart Restored by Alexa Verde

January 17, 2019 in my point of view


In a dangerous search for his missing daughter, will a reserved math teacher and a rough-around-the-edges ranch owner find love-or lose their lives?

After her fiancé died in her arms, Liv Knox gave up on romance and dedicates her life to her ranch. But when a friend needs her expertise as an ex-runaway and a former PI, she agrees to help Diego Laguardia find his missing daughter. Now not only does Liv have to draw on her traumatic memories, she also struggles with her untimely attraction to reserved and kind Diego. When someone makes it clear they might die if they don’t stop the search, can she solve the mystery in time and hope that God will restore her heart?

Math teacher Diego Laguardia is desperate to find his daughter before something bad happens to her. Enough people dear to him have paid for his mistakes. Though he’s drawn to rough-around-the-edges cowgirl Liv, he has no time for romantic feelings.

When they find themselves in danger, can they survive long enough for a second chance at love?

my point of view:

I am so blessed to have found this amazing author – Alexa Verde – and to be able to call her friend! She writes some of the most amazing stories that go straight to your heart, well, my heart, anyway! I don’t know how she manages to capture the depth of pain and suffering these characters go through, but I can tell you, she is spot on. I say it all the time, I love a book that can make me FEEL….I have my reasons for that. I know what it is like to blame oneself for other’s sufferings, and I know what it is to have a wall built so solidly around your heart for so long you cannot even remember the last time you felt something….but I digress.

Lets talk about Liv and Diego! Liv was first introduced in Heart Healed to us as the tough rancher that prefers horses to humans. I knew even then that this woman would eventually have a special place in my heart! Liv has been through so much, from childhood through her teens, and as an adult, that most people would be broken beyond repair! It takes the disappearance of Kylie, a teenager she does not even know to break through her shell and force her to help in the search, knowing what the young girl faces being a runaway on her own.

Diego is such a mess himself, with his own heartaches from a past he’d rather forget, now just when he finds out he has this amazing daughter, she runs away and is in possible danger! Diego is way out of his element here, I mean what’s a math teacher to do? There are no algorithms to solve this problem. When his half brother, known to us as Rat, sends Liv to him because God said to, well, who is he to argue with that? But does he have to be so attracted to Liv, all the while trying to find his daughter, and keep everyone from being hurt by death threats?

The journey these two have to take is both heart wrenching and beautiful at the same time. Being believers does not make us all knowing with wisdom and light, sometimes we really need to dig deep into ourselves and take a step out in faith, and this story is a reminder to all of us that there are times when we all need to have a little more faith in ourselves, just as we place so much faith in our Lord and Savior!

Thank you for another wonderful book, Alexa Verde!!

About Alexa Verde:

Alexa Verde writes small-town Christian romances, heartfelt and heartwarming. She penned her first literary masterpiece, a rhymed poem, at the ripe age of eight, and since has had 200 short stories, articles, and poems published in the five languages that she speaks. She has bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish, a master’s in Russian, and enjoys writing about characters with diverse cultures. She’s worn the hats of reporter, teacher, translator, model (even one day counts!), caretaker, and secretary, but thinks that the writer’s hat suits her the best. After traveling the world and living in both hemispheres, she calls a small town in south Texas home. The latter is an inspiration for the fictional setting of her popular series Rios Azules Christmas and Secrets of Rios Azules. For giveaways, news, and recipes, please sign up for her newsletter at www.alexaverde.com. Twitter: @AlexaVerde3. Facebook: www.facebook.com/alexaverdeauthor. She loves hearing from her readers and hopes and prays that her books will bring joy to them.
Alexa Verde has sweetly offered to give away a free ebook version of Heart Restored to one of our readers! Simply comment on this post and share with us your favorite type of math – ie: algebra, calculous, subtraction, lol!! Contest will be open for one week and winner will be notified via email!!
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Comments

  1. My favorite kind of math is algebra. I loved math in school but that was in the stone age. Now, lets talk about the great Author Alexa Verde. She pours her heart and soul in every book she writes. Thank you Alexa Verde for so long heart felt books and for these wonderful day.

    • Dorothy, you are too funny ‘stone age’!!

      I agree in Alexa’s writing…. heart and soul in every one of them. Each time I read one I say this is my favorite….lol..till she writes the next one!❤️❤️❤️

    • Awww, Dorothy Porter, you’re so kind! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your wonderful words!

  2. How exciting. I love math, it was my favorite subject in school. I was also biased because my math teachers were the best!
    I’m partial to statistics part of math since college, which is probably why I love teaching college statistics these days.
    I’m sure this book will be another hit. Thanks for the review Paula Marie.

    • Thank you for sharing, Priscilla! I am sure having awesome teachers helped you like math so much! It makes a big difference!! Thank you for teaching…. it’s a huge responsibility!

    • Thank you so much, Priscila! Frankly, I didn’t like math too much in school. I thought I was not good at it. I started liking it later when I found out my skills at math were much better than I realized. Many thanks for sharing!

    • Thank you for sharing, Lori! I was never a big fan of math other than my accounting classes!

    • Thank you for commenting, Lori! I was the opposite way. I liked geometry more than algebra. Even now, way too many years later, I still remember a lot of things from geometry.

  5. I am not a fan of maths. I was much more into History and the Social Sciences. Tell me I will be studying personality disorders and I am game. Tell me I have to take one more math class and I am trying to find a way out of that major/certification .
    My mom and 2 of my sisters love maths.

    • Thank you for stopping by, Sonnetta Jones! I have to admit, I liked History much more than math, too. But Russian and English were my favorite! 🙂

  7. I have really loved my math courses in school, especially if it was Algebra, thank you for this great chance!

  8. Thanks for the chance to win this book. I love regular math–addition, subtraction, muplication, and division.

    • Jeanette Johnson, regular math was interesting to me, too. But when it got more complicated… Our pleasure to do the giveaway, and best wishes!

  9. I love addition-subtraction; multiplication-division ad algebra. I help my almost 15 year old daughter with her math plus my grandchildren. I believe education is very important .

    • Linda Sutton, how kind of you to help your daughter and your grandchildren with math. And I couldn’t agree more. Education is very important. Thank you for commenting!

  10. Math and I do NOT get along! Never have!! I can do Accounting, actually like it! I went as high as Pre-Algebra in high school, did well. I decided on an AS degree in college as I didn’t want to do the Math classes! I knew they’d put down my GPA!!

    • Ha, finally, someone like me as far as math goes, lol!! Thanks, Trudy! I like accounting too!

    • Trudy Cordle, I love accounting much more than math, too! Sometimes I regret I hadn’t become an accountant. If I could start over, I’d probably go for it. 🙂 Thank you so much for stopping by, and best wishes in the giveaway!

  11. Math and I never were friends. We are acquaintances that just do our best to get along when we can. I will say my favorite is Addition/Subtraction…I am friends with them. =P

  12. I hate math I am so bad at it. This sounds like a great read. Thanks for the chance.

    Tighefan42atgmail dotcom

  13. Math has always be hard for me and I really do not like it. So happy I don’t have to use Algebra in real life! Ha ha 🙂

  14. Oh, I just love Alexa. Thank you Paula for bringing us a great interview with such an inspiring author. You never fail to amaze me.
    Alexa, being such a wonderful author, I always look forward to another one of your books. This sounds like a great story that I look forward to reading. I never stop being amazed how a writer like you, can bring to life stories that draws me in and takes me away to some other place, for a time. You, are one of those writers.
    Again, thank you Paula and
    Thank you Alexa
    Blessings to you both
    Kathy

    Oh, don’t put me in for the drawing. I already have the ebook! 😉

  15. Many thanks to everyone who commented! I’m drawing the winner, and the winner will be announced soon. 🙂

  16. Thank you all so much for participating in the blog giveaway!!

    The winner in the giveaway is Jeanette Johnson!! Alexa has your email and has gifted you the ebook already!
    Appreciate all of your support!❤️❤️❤️